7mo ago

Three people are dead and several more are hospitalized in Wisconsin school shooting

www.npr.org /2024/12/16/g-s1-38488/madison-wisconsin-school-shooting-abundant-life-christian

Here we go again.

(edited title to revise death toll down per latest reporting; we'll see if it stays that way)

0027CST update: The shooter has been identified as a 15-year-old girl, whom I won't name given standard journalistic practice for minors. That's available in the link, alongside an inexplicable reference to her sometimes using another name, as though this is somehow relevant. The good news is two have been released from hospital, but two remain in critical condition.

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"Before Monday's shooting, there had been at least 81 school shootings in the United States in 2024, according to a CNN analysis."
It never stopped. That is an average of about 7 a month. This country is rotting
- From CNN:
  The incidents left 38 people dead and at least 115 other victims injured, according to CNN’s analysis of events reported by the Gun Violence Archive, Education Week and Everytown for Gun Safety.
  but the death of a single CEO is what we should be focusing on, right?
  
  Right? Like, the most upside down priorities in this country
  
  But unlike every victim of a mass shooting, Brian had a family.
  
  Interesting fun fact, given the death count: This is the 38th time The Onion has run this story since first appearing in May 2014.
  
  Because CEOs are actual people, while the rest of us are just proles and don't matter.
- Per WPR:
  According to a CNN analysis, there have been at least 83 school shootings across the country this year, including 56 at K-12 schools, with at least 38 fatalities.
  One more, and we hit seven for the year. Though I'm a bit confused how we jumped from 81 to 83 with a single incident.
  
  CNN says they are counting all shootings on school grounds, which I think is fair. They have their info here
  https://www.cnn.com/us/school-shootings-fast-facts-dg/index.html
"No way to prevent this" says only country where this regularly happens
- Clearly, we just need to train doctors better to deal with wounds of war.
  
  That's one of my all time favourites from the Simpsons. So versatile.
https://theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-regularly-happens-2/
- I only dared run the exact same editorial once (one year apart in college). The Onion hit paydirt the first time they ran this one, and it never gets stale, which is some pretty quality writing.
In a post on its public Facebook page, the school requested prayers in the wake of the violence.
How do these people look themselves in the mirror?
- Not really sure how one does and uses Facebook.
  At least it was a "Christian" school, so in this case, it makes a fair amount more sense than, say, Uvalde.
- Easily. A lot of people aren't capable of (and I'm not trying to spin a pun here, I swear) reflection anymore.
  
  Never excuse a pun.
inexplicable reference
Fucking conservative ghouls have literally been chomping at the bit to make this about trans people from the second they heard "shooting", and the media is desperate for their clicks, to monetize. Media has a literal vested interest in misinformation now, because there's a demo that wants it. Atrocious and infuriating.
- I'd ordinarily agree this could be a dog whistle, but "Samantha" is not generally considered male. I'd imagine this is more along the lines of going by a middle name as a teen act of rebellion.
  
  Perhaps not in the NPR article, but in the first press conference held by the police, a reporter asked directly if they were trans. This angle is definitely out there, even if hopefully it will die out quickly.

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